U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor (FL14) decries the Republican “small ball” approach to the widespread opioid crisis and “hypocrisy” as the GOP and Trump Administration work to rip coverage away from people with preexisting conditions Read more »

U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor (FL14) and U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson (FL) led Florida’s Democratic congressional delegation in a letter today to Florida Gov. Rick Scott condemning the GOP assault on the protection against discrimination for preexisting conditions in health coverage. Read more »

U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor (FL14) released the following statement after the Trump Administration wrongly and cruelly argued in a court brief that the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) protections for preexisting conditions should be ruled unconstitutional: Read more »

U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor (FL14) released the following statement as House Republicans are poised to pass a bill tonight at the urging of President Trump that largely targets children who rely on the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) for doctor visits and health care. Florida serves 345,000 kids through CHIP per MediKids, Healthy Kids and Children’s Medical Services. The Republican rescissions bill follows the Republicans tax scam law that racked up $1.8 trillion in debt with benefits provided largely to the well-to-do, but little to middle class families and families striving to get into the middle class. Read more »

U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor (FL14) released the following statement after the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado, a civil rights case relating to equal rights in public services and accommodations: Read more »

U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor (FL14) released the below statement following the passage of the FY2019 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) today in the U.S. House of Representatives: Read more »

U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor (FL-14) released the following statement following Republicans’ blocking of a bipartisan amendment to ban offshore drilling off the Gulf of Mexico: “House Republicans blocked my bipartisan amendment to ban oil drilling off the coast of Florida late last night – meaning they will not allow a vote at all.  The amendment with U.S. Rep. Francis Rooney… Read more »

Today, on the heels of EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt’s anti-democratic step barring news organizations from covering an EPA event, U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor (FL14) and her co-chairs of the House Democratic Environmental Message Team, Earl Blumenauer (OR3), Jared Huffman (CA2), and Donald McEachin (VA4), released ‘Trump’s Toxic Team,’ detailing the extent of the corruption, self-dealing and abuse of taxpayer money at the EPA, Department of Interior, and Department of Energy and the impact it is having on the health and safety of the American people. Read more »

U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor (FL14) released the following statement calling for action in Congress to address the dire opioid health crisis – action that actually meets the scale of the epidemic – following a lengthy mark up of minor opioid bills by her committee, Energy and Commerce, this week and Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi’s lawsuit in response to the opioid crisis. Read more »

Today, U.S. Reps. Kathy Castor (FL14), Ted Deutch (FL22) and U.S. Sen. Nelson and the entire Democratic Florida Delegation urged Gov. Rick Scott to take action to prevent higher health premiums and costs on Florida families as the devastating and repeated assault on health care by President Trump and Congressional Republicans adds up. Read more »